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SUMMARY:Crucible: Thirteen months that Forged China and Our World\, 1947
–48
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DESCRIPTION:Two years after the end of the second conflict to engulf the w
orld in twenty years\, and the defeat of the Axis forces of Germany\, Ital
y and Japan\, this momentous time saw the unrolling of the Cold War betwee
n Joseph Stalin's Soviet Russia and the Western powers under the untried l
eadership of Harry Truman as America came to play a global role for the fi
rst time. The British Empire began its demise with the birth of the Indian
and Pakistan republics with the flight of millions and wholesale slaughte
r as Vietnam\, Indonesia and other colonies around the globe vied for free
dom. 1948 also marked the creation of the state of Israel\, the refugee fl
ight of Palestinians and the first Arab-Israeli war as well as the victori
es of Communist armies that led to their final triumph in China\, the comi
ng of apartheid to South Africa\, the division of Korea\, major technologi
cal change and the rolling out of the welfare state against a backdrop of
events that ensured the global order would never be the same again.
LOCATION:Dickson Poon Building (Kin-Ku Cheng Lecture Theatre)\, Canterbury
Road OX2 6LU
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/481d00e9-369f-48da-aa90-9dff1f847e6a/
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